Burping Cows Get the Green Light to Join Carbon-Offset Market
- Swiss company uses garlic and citrus to lower cows’ emissions
- Dairy, meat sectors are under pressure to cut climate impact
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A garlic and citrus feed supplement that lowers the greenhouse gases burped out by cows is giving farmers the chance to become global carbon traders.
Verra, the largest program for voluntary carbon-offset credits, has approved a method to reduce livestock emissions that was developed by Swiss agritech company Mootral. That means farmers using such feed supplements will be able to sell greenhouse-gas credits in the carbon-offset market.